diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
@@ -2674,6 +2674,9 @@
 bool Generic_GCC::IsUnwindTablesDefault(const ArgList &Args) const {
   switch (getArch()) {
   case llvm::Triple::aarch64:
+  case llvm::Triple::ppc:
+  case llvm::Triple::ppc64:
+  case llvm::Triple::ppc64le:
   case llvm::Triple::x86_64:
     return true;
   default:
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp
--- a/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/ppc-features.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /// Check default CC1 and linker options for ppc32.
 // RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu %s 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=PPC32 %s
-// PPC32: "-mfloat-abi" "hard"
+// PPC32:      "-munwind-tables"
+// PPC32-SAME: "-mfloat-abi" "hard"
 
 // PPC32: "-m" "elf32ppclinux"
 
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@
 /// Check default CC1 and linker options for ppc64.
 // RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu %s 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=PPC64 %s
 // RUN: %clang -### -target powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=PPC64BE %s
-// PPC64: "-mfloat-abi" "hard"
+// PPC64:      "-munwind-tables"
+// PPC64-SAME: "-mfloat-abi" "hard"
 
 // PPC64: "-m" "elf64lppc"
 // PPC64BE: "-m" "elf64ppc"